National Museum of Flight Scotland

Discover the extraordinary story of our human ambition to take to the skies. East Fortune played an important role as an airfield during two World Wars. Now the National Museum of Flight hangars are packed with aircraft that reveal how flight developed from the Wright brothers to Concorde. Join us today and let your imagination fly!

New attractions Fantastic Flight and Fortunes of War let you get hands-on with flying! Visit the UK's only Boeing 707 and see what it was like to fly with the stars in our Jet Age exhibition.

Collection details

Archives, Aviation, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Fine Art, Land Transport, Personalities, Science and Technology, Social History, Weapons and War

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Exhibition (permanent)

New Military and Civil Aviation Hangars

1 April — 31 October 2017 *on now

Summer Opening: Open every day

Included in museum admissionConcorde audio guide: Free Explore two new hangars at the National Museum of Flight and experience the history and drama of flight as never before. Discover the stories behind one of Europe’s best collections of aircraft and find out more about the people who flew and worked with them through dramatic displays and fascinating interviews.

Suitable for

Family friendly

Admission

Included in museum admission

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Head off on a journey of discovery at this former airfield and explore the history of aviation from the First World War to the present day.
Fill your day with interactive exhibitions, supersonic experiences, historic hangars, an assault course and acres of green grass and fresh air.
Explore the site on foot or jump aboard the Airfield Explorer to tour our hangars and discover our nationally important collection of aircraft.

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0300 123 6789

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Captain Eric Brown CBE has been reunited with a Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet at the National Museum of Flight in East Fortune, East Lothian, 70 years after he first flew the highly volatile aircraft.